Decisions - Sunday, April 15 2007

so today, i was in a place where decisions are made every day. life-altering decisions that affect our every-day lives.


i came along two enticing and attractive choices.


i had to make a seldom necessary, but very important decision. it wasn't the easy type; where you could just take the lesser of two evils, or the kind where the consequences are forgettable either.



no. this was a biggie.








dammit, which one to pick?!?



finally after much contemplation (of course)...i made what i think, was the right decision.


i walked away.




















with both.




itadakemasu!

i'm baaack... - Saturday, April 7 2007



oiy..."home" at last. just a note to mark my return from 9 days scouring Honshu which included:

-good times catching up w/ people
-conversations w/ drunken Nihonjins under the cherry blossoms
-wandering through a bamboo grove on a mountain-side
-a search for the legendary "himitsu bakko"
-playing guitar on Miho beach while looking up at Mount Fuji




...and then some. i also received an inspiring book; finished it, and exchanged it for another one.

i'm sure i've learned a lot while being on this trip; conversations, time spent alone, time spent absorbing/marveling over the landscape/culture...but my brain hasn't told me how to say it yet.

one thing i do know though; i'm developing a killer grip from hauling Yurika around with me all over the place.

why couldn't i have learned to play something small and light, like a flute? O_o